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Peterman

Peterman \Pe"ter*man\, n.; pl. Petermen. A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. [An obs. local term in Eng.]
--Chapman.

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peterman

Etymology 1 n. (context slang English) a safebreaker Etymology 2

n. 1 a fisherman 2 a fishing boat with identical bow and stern.

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Peterman

Peterman may refer to:

  • A slang term for a Safecracker
  • J. Peterman (disambiguation)
  • John Peterman, American businessman
  • Harold Peterman, American politician
  • Melissa Peterman, American actress
  • Peterman, Alabama (disambiguation), several places
    • Peterman, Houston County, Alabama
    • Peterman, Monroe County, Alabama

Usage examples of "peterman".

Lounge in Santa Fe, when he was young, and the Sunday edition had gone to press, with Mygatt, Peterman and Peterson, Hackler and Bailey and Alding, celebrating the end of another week, and the sweatshirt crowd jamming the bar, checking their parlay card point spreads against the sport-page results.

Besides, he said, rationalising it and silencing me, Peterman needed the tetracycline as soon as possible.

It was a most powerful affair, companion to that in the office of which Whitney was so proud, built of layer on layer of chrome steel, with a door that was air tight and soup-proof, bidding defiance to all yeggmen and petermen.